Robert Wise directed The Sound of Music, a movie that sets my teeth on edge.
However!
He also directed The Haunting, one of the 5 or 6 scariest movies ever made. He worked on a number of the brilliant Val Lewton horror movies of the '40s. He edited Orson Welles's first two movies, Citizen Kane (brilliantly), and The Magnificent Ambersons (he was the one they got to butcher it).
He also directed The Day The Earth Stood Still - perhaps the best science fiction movie of the 1950s; and Star Trek: The Motion Picture.
R.I.P. Mr. Wise, aged 91.
Posted by pearce at September 16, 2005 10:24 AMWell he's probably going to burn for sound of music, but The Day The Earth Stood Still is an absolute stand out (and filled with interesting politcal comentary of the time).
Ahh more great people leaving the planet...
Posted by: Scott C at September 16, 2005 10:58 AM